Sten-Tel....this is getting confusing....please read
Posted By: need to know on 2005-12-24
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Yes, the previous poster below is right, I am referring to the job ad that they had for cardiology and pathology, not the platform or the franchise. It's the company out of Springfield, MA that I am talking about. I appreciate some of the feedback I got so far. It seems that those who are working for them out of MA are happy with their jobs. I was given an opportunity to work for them as an editor/transcriptionist and all I wanted to know is if they were a decent company to work for. So, if there are anymore Sten-Tellers out there, I would love to hear from you. Thanks.
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Anyone have any recent info on Sten-Tel out of Massachusetts? Old posts were rather confusing sm
as to whether the company was Indian or not. There is an ad up on another board for editors. Are they offshore? TIA.
This is a new post on Sten-Tel....please read
I got one very good reedback on this company. But the other posts were very strange indeed. What in the world is a tranny company? What is meant by own by different people and run differently? So far, these are nothing more than insults to this company. This does not explain who they are nor how they operate. It doesn't even really say if they are a good or bad company to work for. And besides, what is a tranny????? Anyway, I just want to know if they are professional, what the pay is like, what the platform is like, etc etc etc......
I really would like more than just one response than the positive one I got, which by the way, was very reassuring. Take care.
They must be confusing themselves with someone..
else..they are the ones that posted this ad on the job board:
Keystrokes has an opening for a radiology MT.
We supply the tower and the footpedal. You supply the monitor and the keyboard and the high speed.
This is a lovely account, clear and concise dictators, fast, but good. Platform is MANTIS, experience preferred, but not required on this platform.
Pay is by the report.
Yes, it is confusing ... sm
MDI-FL is different. They are also a great place to work, and their website is medicaldictation.com. You might want to look at them, also. The two are not affiliated in any way, only their initials are the same!
Thanks, it seemed a little confusing. nm
It is confusing (sm)
I think we can look to other industries as a possible example.
Imagine you need someone to paint 2 rooms in your house. You speak with a man on Monday and let him know that you need your living room and kitchen painted by Friday 8 p.m., as you have company coming from out of town. You both agree and create a contract that states his pay ($300), 2 rooms need painting, and the deadline to complete the project. The end result: Two rooms painted by Friday 8 p.m. for $300. The homeowner has a right to specify the end result, but is not managing his hours. If the homeowner had no control, the painter could finish whenever he wanted. This would make no sense. So, the homeowner would have someone come to paint with no idea when it would be finished or how many rooms would be painted? In MT, the end result could be total lines, number of tapes, etc.
confusing...
It is really confusing, the whole thing, which is why I left. Everyone is sad, myself included, that the Indian team leads are being let go as well. They were great to work with and I do know for a fact that they are being replaced with American team leads. It is confusing that they let the American QA team go in the first place, and from they way it sounds was without warning. They now have a forum board on Yahoo groups for the MTs to voice concerns and to stay informed. That was a good move on their part. If things get better I would like to go back part time. I guess time will tell the outcome. Focus was my first company and I wish them the very best.
It is confusing, and while not for the . . .
most part going to change the meaning, I do find it very confusing. I do use Stedman's and Dorland's as the most reliable sources on these issues..
All so confusing!!!
Wow.
I was referring to the one in FL. Sorry if confusing....NM
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WMX call very confusing
She just went round and round about how much more money we as MTs are making since we are so much more productive with the ISR, yet the example she gave had the MT making $100 less! I just don't get it. So disillusioned. Their coldness and statistics make me ill.
I think perhaps you're confusing them with another company?
They pay extremely well - higher than any other company I've been able to find.
Your moniker is Overseas MT, which is very confusing.
Your post was fraught with errors. You didn't even get the gender of the owner right.
I realize this is a message board, people write quickly and are bound to make typos. Many of your errors simply weren't typos, though.
If I were an MTSO reading your post, I don't think I'd invite you to work for me. Sorry.
I think they use different programs, very confusing and disorganized
nm
The archive searches here are confusing.
But when I put 'davis' in the second search box down (not the top one, with Google, etc.), just to the right of the ''Post a new message'' button, I got plenty of results.
I think the confusing issue here is the term
Maybe access is a better word. For instance, I have access to certain accounts for my online company. As an IC for them, I have no quota to meet, I draw from the pool of dictators. Now, I have agreed to take on certain dictators that no one else seemed to want to do. But, if something comes up in my workday, as an IC, I just e-mail the company and they find someone else. It's that simple and it works great. Other than that, I draw from the pool of dictators that I have access to for that MTSO.
Assigned means no help from any other MTs; it's all you and when a company assigns you work they should actually be paying you as an employee not an IC. An IC works piece work meaning each and every sound file is a job or a service you have provided to that company. You are an MT that provides your skills and they pay you for that service.
The only thing I've found that's difficult in this biz is naming your price with the online MTSOs as an IC. They seem to name the wage; so that part is tough.
If it is an ongoing relationship, it's also important that you think of this client and/or MTSO on a file by file basis. One voice file is a job and so on. There are other MTs in place at the company I work for that will step in and take work, so the downside is that I have to be on my toes if I want more than just what I have agreed to do on a regular basis unless something comes up.
As an IC, I have my own personal clients as well. But, I consider the online MTSO one of my clients, so I service them all in the same fashion.
In actuality, my own clients are the money makers, and the online MTSO is filler and works very well for me since there are no set hours, no set line quota, and I can not work at all on any particular day. As a courtesy, I let them know if I'm taking time off, but I really don't have to do that if I don't want to, but I like to because I know that TAT is important. I respect them and they respect me.
I think you're confusing the deductible with the premium. sm
Family coverage is not $1000 a month in premiums.
TTS has a very low starting pay & a confusing bonus scale. nm
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To make it confusing, there is also MedScript Services, Inc., and
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Mediscribe of Indiana, NOT MedScribe, confusing, the first one has ....sm
hired me without testing, which seems great, but should I be worried? I mean, 18 years experience in all phases, but this was so FAST! Please, can someone tell me about this company, worked there, info would be so appreciated because the contract does not tell me anything that I do not know....recruiter is Tonya. TIA!
I guess what is confusing is why keep running new ads if you already have too many resumes
Obviously, they didn't find what they were looking for and are seeking to get more applicants. I have sent in several resumes to different companies recently and some I have not heard from at all and some did not response for another week or two, but in any case, they did not repost an ad every few days.
This whole IC Transcend thing is totally confusing to me!! sm
I read this board pretty regularly and I recall a few days ago somebody saying how they got an email threatening termination because they were not making the PT status. When the company I was with was bought by Transcend somebody asked about IC and they said they only did PT and FT, no IC. Since they bought MDI there is all this talk about them now offering IC. I am just questioning this because it seems to me they might expect someone who is an IC to actually work PT status, of course with no PTO earned or anything else. Again, this all just does not make sense to me especially if what a read a few days ago is true and somebody got an email threatening termination unless they made enough to be PT status. I guess I am just wondering if anybody else has gotten an email stating that they needed to make PT status or might be terminated??
or they are growing. What a terrible blanket statement. This is so confusing now. sm
I hear good things about a company and the exact opposite from someone else. Then stay away from another, and a friend of my gets the position and has been there for 4 years. I missed out by listening to others on that one but listened on others about how good they were and now have had 8 jobs in 3-1/2 years. I AM NOT A JOB-HOBBER. I just want to work and be left alone except to get paid.
Could you be confusing "using the facilities own MTs" with "sending to India" mayhaps?
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I read all read all the threads in the "companies" section
of another board, MT Chat, and Googled each one that got positive reviews. If they had a website and a way to apply online, I did so. And that was how I got hired at TRS. They were not advertising at the time. By sheer coincidence I applied to Transcend just before I applied to TRS, and they were not interested in what I had to offer at the time. And now they've got me anyway, since they bought TRS. Interesting how things work out sometimes.
Companies with negative reviews, or company queries that got only a terse I sent you a PM reply, I passed over.
i work 3 part-time jobs now. it can be confusing if you are learning both at the same time, but sm
other than that not a problem for me. best to get one down before starting to other or you might become overwhelmed.
sten tel
I love working on the Sten Tel platform. Very user friendly, a good Work based platform. I pull off my jobs and put them in a folder and work from that folder. A bonus is if I lose Internet connection, I can continue to work out of my folder and just u/l when get Internet back.
Sten-Tel
I have worked for them for about 6 months now....I do mostly editing with voice recognition...I enjoy it very much, and I have found the company to be extremely flexible and very nice!
sten-tel . com
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sten-tel
I've never heard of sten-tel. is it a stenography company?
sten-tel
As far as I know, tranny is slang for transvestite... What in the world could that mean?? Good luck.
Sten-tel
I start training with them next week, so I am afraid I can't be much help info wise, but if you would like I would be happy to tell you how it goes. I, personally, have only heard positive things about this company. In my opinion, if the pay is what you are looking for and you want an IC position, then go for it.
Sten-Tel
Any one have feedback on this company? I was hired for a QA/editor position but have heard nothing since.....????
Sten-Tel
 I work for Sten-Tel, and they are THE nicest people. This is the second time I have worked for them, so I am on a different account than the last time, but I really like working there.
Sten-Tel
There is no work at Sten-Tel right now for the past 2 to 3 days!!
I wonder if she is still there at Sten-Tel.
She was more than ignorant with her carelessness.
3.5 cpl at Sten Tel
NM
Sten-Tel
Hey all, just saw on the job board that Sten-Tel is hiring!! They're a great company! So check them out, you might want to send a resume and take their test!! They're just wonderful!! I work for them and they're great! Good accounts and a good bunch of people working there and also a great platform!!! Check it out!!
Sten-Tel
Do they offer Radiology positions?
Sten-Tel
Go to the MTJobs.com board and you'll see that in the Sten-Tel job listing, there are phone numbers and a link to their email! Check them out!
Sten-Tel
If you go to www.mtjobs.com Sten-tel has 2 ads on there, one for MT one for editor. Hope that helps.
Which Sten-Tel
Can you tell me which Sten-Tel you work for? In doing a search I find a lot of companies with the Sten-Tel name. Also, are you an IC or an employee. Thank you
Sten-tel does
if you go to www.mtjobs.com and look, Sten-tel is hiring MTs and editors. They are all IC positions.
Sten-Tel
I worked for Sten-Tel for a short time doing QA work PT. I didn't have much experience with the company but what I did have was good. The program was good. The people were great. There always seemed to be tons of work. The pay for QA was a little low compared to others but no complaints about the company. Like I said though, I just worked part time for a while.
Sten-Tel? sm
I got an offer from Sten-Tel and the pay seems pretty good but I've heard some not-so-great things. Any recent info on their MA office?
Sten-Tel
They are not a very high paying company, even with experienced transcriptionists.
SteN-Tel..... sorry!!
I can't believe I misspelled that?!?!?! LOL
sten-tel, inc
Hi. Has anyone worked for sten-tel? if so, what platform do they use? How are they to work for? Are you able to have flexibility with your schedule? is the pay decent?
Any help would be very much appreciated
sten-tel
I'm confused. Why is there a company called sten-tel with a website?
sten-tel
the one I am looking into is in MA also. how long ago did you work for them? They told me I could keep a total of the line count myself in the tools box. Do you have to type on various platforms?
I appreciate your help.
sten-tel
I worked for them about two years ago, for about three weeks time. I used their platform, but only for downloading and uploading files. I used Word to type my reports. Yes, I do remember being able to *view* a total of my line count, but they did the counting, not me. I did not have to type into their platform at that time, but as the poster below suggested, *who I don't think is too reliable*, they may have accounts where you do use a different platform to type into. It all depends on the account I suppose. I just hope the male coordinator I had is no longer there. He used IM to keep track of me and even when I was not scheduled to be working, he would ask me why I was not working. He was awful. When I told him I no longer wanted to work for him because he really did not seem to have a handle on the coordinating part of his job, he sent me *copies* of my work stating that words were missing, etc. and that my work was subquality. I don't know why he did not realize that I had copies of my own work that proved that I had no missing words. I threatened to report him to management and he left me alone after that. mind you, I had already quit by that time. I cannot remember his name. Just be careful, okay? I had a bad experience with them, so I am not completely objective, but I would not completely trust them, either. JMO. good luck.
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